The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SLY which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2017.
Tricky crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLY | 67 % | 3 |
| ARTFUL | 9 % | 6 |
| EVASIVE | 9 % | 7 |
| WILY | 3 % | 4 |
| GUILEFUL | 3 % | 8 |
| HARD | 3 % | 4 |
| SHIFTY | 3 % | 6 |
| DODGY | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tricky
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- difficult
- hard
- sly
- wily
- cunning
- dodgy
- artful
- tricksy
- knavish
- guileful
- crafty
- catchy
Crossword Answer definitions
SLY adjective- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
- Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
- Light or delicate; slight; thin.
- Slyly.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SLY
- Crafty
- Clever like Stallone?
- Cunning
- Like a fox
- Underhanded
- Clever like a fox
- Leader of the Family Stone
- Sneaky
- Stallone sobriquet
- Stallone, in the tabloids
More clues leading to the result ARTFUL
- Like Dickens's Dodger
- Cunning
- Like a certain Dodger
- Clever
- Like the Dodger in "Oliver!"
- Crafty
- Sly
- Imaginative
- Like Dickens' Dodger
- Like a memorable Dodger
More clues leading to the result EVASIVE
- Hard to pin down
- Weaselly
- Intentionally noncommittal
- Hard to nail down
- Less than frank
- Slippery
- Not forthcoming
- Anything but straightforward
- Like some press conference answers
- Like many a politician's answers
More clues leading to the result WILY
- Like a fox
- Sly
- Cunning
- Full of guile
- Crafty
- Astute
- Slick
- Skillfully deceptive
- Skilled at deception
- Crazy like a fox
More clues leading to the result GUILEFUL
More clues leading to the result HARD
- No picnic
- Unyielding
- Like a Friday crossword
- Ready to get down, in a way
- Posing a challenge
- Nearly unsolvable
- Stony
- Demanding
- Like most themeless puzzles
- 10 on the Mohs scale
More clues leading to the result SHIFTY
- Like one hard to trust
- Sly
- Marked by deceit
- Devious
- Not to be trusted
- Describing good quarterbacks or quibblers.
- Tricky.
- Evasive.
- Evasive
- Furtive